NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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nitentissimis dense vestita itaque pallide glauca, 0-4 — 0-7 cm. longa, ad 
0-3 cm. lata, fere ad 0-4 cm. diam. ; flores solitarii 5-meri, meridie expansi, 
ad 1-4 cm. diam., pedunculo ad 1 cm. longo, medio, vel supra medium, 
bracteato; calycis tubus globoso-turbinatus, conspicue papillosus, seg- 
mentis inter se subaequilongis ovato-oblongis obtusis, tribus membranaceo- 
marginatis, 0-4 cm. longis; petala 2 — 3-seriata linearia, inferne leviter 
angustata, integra vel 2-dentata, rosea, marginibus interdum saturatiori- 
bus, inferne pallida, ad 0-7 cm. longa, vix ad 0-1 cm. lata; stamina mox 
subdiffusa, primo staminodiis acuminatis albis circumdata, lilamentis 
0-25 — 0-4 cm. longis, interioribus basi barbatis, antlieris pollinequealbidis; 
discus e glandulis 5, transverse linearibus, vix omnino discretis, compositus ; 
ovarium supra leviter convexum, stigmatibus e basi anguste subulata 
longe attenuatis, 0.3 cm. longis. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region ; Montagu Div., between Montagu 
and Barrydale, fl. Oct., M. H. Giffen (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17438). 
Described from living specimens within a week of their having been 
collected. 
M. aereum, L. Bolus. Perenne, e basi ramosum, ramis decumbentibus, saepius 
elongatis, sat rigidis, asperis ob papillas parvas albas, ad 0-3 cm. diam., 
internodiis saepius foliis longioribus, ramulis adscendentibus ; folia ad- 
scendentia, supra medium recurvata, basi connata, vagina 0-1 — 0-2 cm. 
longa, carinata, carina excentrica, citra carinam complanata, ultra leviter 
convexa, supra subconcava vel canaliculata, subacuta, tenuiter papillosa, 
basin versus saepius papilloso-ciliata, ad 4-3 cm., saepius 2 — 3 cm., longa, 
0- 4 — 0*5 cm. lata diametroque; flores solitarii vel apice ramorum ternati 
(abortione saepe binati), lateralibus tarde evolutis, 5-meri, meridie expansi, 
1- 5 — 2-4 cm. diam., pedunculis ebracteatis, 1-5 — 2-5 cm. longis; calyx 
turbinatus, tenuiter papillatus, segmentis inter se valde inaequalibus, duo 
longioribus, ad 1-2 cm. longis, tribus membranaceo-rSarginatis, 0-5 — 0-6 cm. 
longis; petala pluri-seriata linearia acuta, pagina superiore aerea, basin 
versus saepe purpurascentia, pagina inferiore purpurea, interiora breviora 
angustioraque acuminata, ad 1-1 cm. longa, fere ad 0-15 cm. lata; stamina 
conferta, apice 0-3 cm. diam. metientia, staminodiis pallidis vel purpureis 
circumdata, filamentis pallidis, ad 0-4 cm. longis, interioribus barbatis, 
antheris pollineque luteis; discus e glandulis 5, discretis, transverse 
linearibus, crenulatis compositus; ovarium supra conico-convexum, stig- 
matibus subulatis setaceo-acuminatis, 02 — 0-3 cm. longis. 
var. alba. Folia pubescentia; petala alba vel pallidissime rosea. 
Exact locality unknown. N. S. Pillans (National Botanic Gardens, 
No. W). Appears to be in flower at Kirstenbosch throughout the year. 
M. Pottsii, L. Bolus. Perenne herbaceum, minute papillosum, papillis in setam 
brevissimam abeuntibus, hinc omnes partes herbaceae molliter pube- 
